AMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES 2009 DATE VENUE EVENT January 22 Athens New Year’s Reception Athenaeum Intercontinental January 28 Athens WIB luncheon with guest speaker Mirella Visser, President, European Professional Women’s Hotel Grande Bretagne Network February 2 Thessaloniki New Year’s Reception Hyatt Regency Hotel February 16 Thessaloniki Northern Greece Committee Luncheon with guest speaker Theodoros Pagalos, Member of Makedonia Palace Hotel Parliament, PASOK Party March 30 Thessaloniki Five bilateral Chambers (American-Hellenic, British Hellenic, French Hellenic, German Hellenic and Hyatt Regency Hotel Italian-Hellenic of Thessaloniki) dinner with guest speaker Stavros Kalafatis, Minister of Macedonia- Thrace April 6 Athens 8th Annual HealthWorld Conference Hotel Grande Bretagne April 7 Athens Boeing Presentation and Reception on “Partnership & Collaboration” Hotel King George DATE VENUE EVENT April 8 Athens Dinner with keynote speaker George Provopoulos, Governor, Bank of Greece Hotel Grande Bretagne May 5 Athens Dinner with keynote speaker Dora Bakoyanni, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hotel Grande Bretagne May 14 Athens Series of events organized in cooperation with the five Bilateral Chambers (American-Hellenic, Hotel Grande Bretagne British Hellenic, French Hellenic, German Hellenic and Italian-Hellenic) entitled “The Future of the Greek Economy: In Quest of a New Strategy” with first guest speaker Stefanos Manos May 14 Thessaloniki Dinner with guest speaker Anastassis Papaligouras, Minister of Mercantile Marine Hotel Nikopolis Thessaloniki May 19 Athens Series of events organized in cooperation with the five Bilateral Chambers (American-Hellenic, Hotel Grande Bretagne British Hellenic, French Hellenic, German Hellenic and Italian Hellenic) entitled “The Future of the Greek Economy: In Quest of a New Strategy” with second guest speaker Yanos Papantoniou May 20 Athens Public Affairs Committee luncheon with guest speaker Louka Katseli, Member of Parliament, Hotel Grande Bretagne P.A.S.O.K. Party May 25 Thessaloniki Closed Luncheon with guest speaker Stavros Kalafatis, Minister of Macedonia - Thrace Hotel Makedonia Palace May 28 Athens Series of events organized in cooperation with the five Bilateral Chambers (American-Hellenic, Hotel Grande Bretagne British Hellenic, French Hellenic, German Hellenic and Italian Hellenic) entitled “The Future of the Greek Economy: In Quest of a New Strategy” with third guest speaker George Alogoskoufis DATE VENUE EVENT June 4 Athens 7th Annual CSR Conference: “Building Responsible Companies” Hotel Grande Bretagne June 9 Athens Series of events organized in cooperation with the five Bilateral Chambers (American-Hellenic, Hotel Grande Bretagne British Hellenic, French Hellenic, German Hellenic and Italian Hellenic) entitled “The Future of the Greek Economy: In Quest of a New Strategy” with fourth guest speaker Nikos Christodoulakis June 10 Athens Corporate Governance Conference: “Innovative Practices for the Public, Banking and Corporate Hotel Grande Bretagne Governance” June 16 Athens Public Affairs Committee luncheon with guest speaker Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister of Development Hotel Grande Bretagne June 16 Athens The Women in Business Committee Forum 2009, Inclusive Leadership: A Case for Women on Hotel Grande Bretagne Boards June 18 Athens Series of events organized in cooperation with the five Bilateral Chambers (American-Hellenic, Hotel Grande Bretagne British Hellenic, French Hellenic, German Hellenic and Italian Hellenic) entitled “The Future of the Greek Economy: In Quest of a New Strategy” with fifth guest speaker Louka Katseli June 22 Athens Annual General Assembly Meeting Hotel Grande Bretagne June 23 Thessaloniki Farewell Dinner in honor of Hoyt Brian Yee, Consul General, U.S. Consulate of Thessaloniki June 25 Athens Public Affairs Committee luncheon with guest speaker Michael Chryssohoidis, Member of Parliament Hotel Grande Bretagne P.A.S.O.K. Party DATE VENUE EVENT June 30 Athens Series of events organized in cooperation with the five Bilateral Chambers (American-Hellenic, Hotel Grande Bretagne British Hellenic, French Hellenic, German Hellenic and Italian Hellenic) entitled “The Future of the Greek Economy: In Quest of a New Strategy” with sixth guest speaker John Papathanassiou, Minister of Economy & Finance September Athens Tourism Committee event on the contribution of cruises in the Development of the Greek Tourism Sector October 15 Athens 6th Annual Taxation Conference Hotel Grande Bretagne October 22 Athens Innovation and Education Committee Conference entitled “The Contribution of Innovation & Education to Enterprise Development” October Athens Assessment and conclusions of the series of events organized by the Five Bilateral Chambers “The future of the Greek Economy: In Quest of a New Strategy”. The assessment will be conducted by Ioannis Stournaras, Research Director, Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) and Nikos Vrettos, Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) November 9 Athens Anti-Money Laundering Conference DATE VENUE EVENT November 20 Volos 2nd Panthessalian Forum Volos Palace Hotel November Athens Thanksgiving Dinner November- U.S.A. Business Delegation (IT & Energy Sectors) December November 30 Athens 20th Annual Greek Economy Conference December 1 Athenaeum Intercontinental December 7 Athens Intellectual Property Rights Conference Hotel Grande Bretagne .